Phillips Academy | Andover
2016–2017 Profile for College Admission Offices
The Academy
Phillips Academy (also known as Andover) is
a coeducational boarding school, grades 9–12
and postgraduate. In 1973 the school merged
with Abbot Academy, the oldest chartered
girls’ school in New England. Andover is
committed to enrolling able students from all
economic levels, from every racial, religious,
and ethnic entity, from every quarter of
American life, and from foreign lands.
NEED-BLIND ADMISSION
In 2007, the Academy adopted a need-blind
admission policy. The Academy meets 100
percent of demonstrated need.
EQUITY & INCLUSION
The Academy is committed to establishing
a community that encourages people of
diverse backgrounds and
beliefs to understand and
respect one another and be
sensitive to differences of 1778
gender, ethnicity, class, and YEAR FOUNDED
sexual orientation. Andover’s
constitution charges the
Academy to prepare “youth
13
from every quarter” to AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
understand that “goodness
without knowledge is weak… 300+
yet knowledge without AVAILABLE COURSES
goodness is dangerous.”
Students of color constitute
more than one-third of the
student body. A typical entering class includes
students from 40 or more states and 25 or
more countries.
CAMPUS LIFE
In order to bring the advantages of a small
school to Andover, we have adopted the
cluster system. A cluster system is a group
of residence halls in the same area. The
cluster system includes five groups of about
220 students each. Each cluster functions
independently, managing its own social
activities, academic advising, disciplinary
counseling, and athletic affairs under the
leadership of a cluster dean.
LEARNING IN THE WORLD
Andover students can participate in several
off-campus study programs both in the United
States and in other countries. Some, such as
School Year Abroad, are designed to last the
entire academic year. Other programs take
place during a single trimester or occur during
the summer.
ACTIVITIES Phillips Academy
Each student spends approximately two
hours every weekday afternoon in a required 180 Main Street
supervised activity. For most students, this Andover, MA 01810-4161
is an athletics commitment at the varsity,
School Code Number: 220030
junior varsity, or intramural level. For others,
afternoons focus on volunteer work through John G. Palfrey, Head of School
the Community Engagement Program,
independent musical pursuits, or physical College Counseling Office
fitness/endurance activities (e.g., Outdoor
Pursuits, martial arts, dance).
Sean M. Logan, Dean
Katherine B. Fritz, Director
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Under the trimester program, the school year Associate Directors
is divided into three terms, each consisting
of approximately 10 weeks of classes plus Anya P. Brunnick
an assessment period. Many courses are
Marvin A. Coote
yearlong, some are term-contained, and others
are organized as two-term Magdalena L. Farnsworth
sequences. Students are
normally expected to carry Karina E. Hernandez-Guarniz
five courses each trimester. Aya S. Murata
Most courses meet four
or five periods per week. Nicole K. Shadeed
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Some courses, as noted
in the Course of Study,
M. Kenneth Shows
meet six or more hours per Stephen A. Silversides
week. Eleventh-graders
or seniors who face an LaShawn N. Springer
unusually demanding term Taylor C. Ware
occasionally are advised
to enroll in four courses,
provided at least three of Contact Information
these are advanced courses. Postgraduates Phone: 978-749-4150
usually take five courses per term (see list of
Advanced Courses on page 2). Over the span Fax: 978-749-4160
of their last two years, students are required college-counseling@andover.edu
to complete at least 27 trimester units.
www.andover.edu/cco
Andover’s academic program is based upon
the premise that students are capable of
studying independently, responsibly, and with
self-direction. As a result, students spend a
significant number of hours on homework,
research, and other out-of-class study and
projects.
In most courses, especially those taken to
meet diploma requirements, class time and
homework together can be expected to
require a total of about nine hours per week
per course. Thus, a typical student enrolled in
five courses can expect to spend at least 45
hours each week on academic pursuits—and
more than that when significant papers are
due or to prepare for exams.
DISCIPLINARY POLICY
Students and college counselors will
work together to address questions about
serious disciplinary infractions (suspension
and probation) when asked on college
applications.
Prepared August 2016
Academy Courses
COURSE NUMBERS
The first digit corresponds to the “level” of
the course. The second and third digits (as
in ART225) reflect organizational schemes
at the departmental level and, therefore, will
be used differently by different departments.
Letters also are used for these purposes.
• Level 1 = 100; for courses that introduce a
subject (SPA100) or that are typically taken
by 9th-graders (BIO100, ENG100).
• Level 2 = 200; for courses that are the
second level in a sequence (SPAN-200) or
that are typically taken by 10th-graders or
9th-graders (ART225, HSS200).
• Level 3 = 300; for courses that are the
third level in a sequence (SPA300), or
for courses that are appropriate for
11th-graders (ENG300) or for 9th-, 10th-,
and 11th-graders (PHR300, CHM300).
ADVANCED COURSES
Listed below are all advanced, honors, and accelerated and/or Advanced Placement courses.
These rigorous and demanding courses require extra preparation and study time. Most use
college texts and are paced to match undergraduate offerings.
A few 300-level, some 400-level, and all 500-level courses are at or beyond typical AP level,
and the 600-level courses are typically the equivalent of sophomore-level college courses.
For course titles and descriptions, refer to Andover’s Course of Study, available at
www.andover.edu/Academics/ProgramInfo/Documents/COS2016-2017.pdf.
Art
All 300–600-level studio courses are at a level appropriate for
students interested in assembling an AP portfolio
Art 400: History of Art is at AP level
English
All 500-level courses are at or beyond AP level
History and Social Science
History 300–310 are at AP level
History 520 and 521 together prepare for Macro and Micro
Economics AP
All 500-level and above are at or beyond AP level
Mathematics
All 280-650 level courses are at a level appropriate for students
interested in assembling an AP portfolio
Math 651, 661, and beyond are AP level
(discontinued as of fall 2014)
Computer 500: AP Computer Science A or B, Computer 630
Honors Seminar is beyond AP level
*In Academic Year 2016–2017, Honors seminar course MTH630
topics are:
Fall term: Data Mining
Winter term: Machine Learning
Spring term: Data Structures
World Languages
Arabic 120, 220
Chinese 120, 220, and 320 are accelerated
Chinese 400, 420, 440, and 520 are advanced
Chinese 500 and 600 (discontinued as of fall 2014)
Chinese 620 and 640 are beyond AP level
Classics 150: Ancient Greek is accelerated
Classics 400 and 500: Ancient Greek are advanced
French 120, 220, and 320 are accelerated
French 400, 401, and 520 are advanced
French 620 is beyond AP level
German 150 and 250 are accelerated German 400 is advanced
German 520 is at AP level German 600 is beyond AP level
Japanese 400, 420, 500, 520, and 600
Latin 150 is accelerated
Latin 520: Vergil and Caesar is at AP level
ACADEMIC STANDING
• Level 4 = 400; for courses that are the Students are not ranked, and we do not
fourth level in a sequence, or for courses calculate a cumulative grade average.
that are appropriate for seniors (but do not
qualify for the 500 or 600 designations).
• Level 5 = 500; for courses that are
GRADING SYSTEM
equivalent to college freshman classes,
sometimes, but not always, indicated by • The grading scale is from 0 to 6.
explicit preparation for an AP exam.
• A few courses are graded as Pass/ Fail.
• Level 6 = 600; for courses that would
• Assessment periods conclude
typically be taken by majors in the subject
in college, or for courses typically taken November 18, March 3, and June 1.
after the first year of college. • Beginning with the 2014–2015 academic
year, there is no honor roll designation.
• Performance-based credit = 900; for
course credit associated with performance, 6 Outstanding (High Honor)
such as music lessons or participation
in music ensembles for credit. Numbers 5 Superior (Honor)
followed by “H” indicate higher-level 4 Good
performance requirements, such as
ensembles with competitive auditions. 3 Satisfactory
2 Low Pass, but certifying
1 Failure
0 Low Failure
Please note that students receive Pass/Fail grades
for English and history courses in the fall of 9th grade.
For this reason, we do not compute a grade point
average for this term.
THE 2016–2017 STUDENT BODY
Latin 600 is beyond AP level Boys Girls Total
Russian 150 and 250 are accelerated
Boarding 421 426 847
Russian 400, 520, and 600 are advanced 2
Spanish 120, 220, and 320 are accelerated Day 155 152 307
Spanish 400, 401, 500, 510, and 511 are at AP level
Total 576 578 1,154
Spanish 520, 521, and 620 are beyond AP level
Spanish 550 (discontinued as of fall 2014) Students of Color 46%
Music and the Performing Arts
Music 400, 410, 460, 485, 500, 530, 540, 550, 901H, 903H, and 906H
Music 485 (discontinued as of fall 2016)
Philosophy and Religious Studies CLASS DISTRIBUTION
All 400- and 500-level courses Grade 12 319 (includes 28 postgraduates)
Science
Grade 11 323
Biology 500 is at AP level
Grade 10 292
Biology 540, 560, and 570 (discontinued as of fall 2014)
Biology 580 is beyond AP level
Grade 9 220
Biology 600, 610, and 620: Molecular and Cellular Biology:
Laboratory Research Total 1,154
Chemistry 500 (AP 2013–2014 and beyond)
Chemistry 550 and 580 are beyond AP level
Chemistry 610: Organic Chemistry is beyond AP level
Physics 395 (discontinued as of fall 2014)
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
Physics 400
Physics 520 44
Physics 530: Astronomy Research number of states (plus Washington, D.C.)
Physics 550 and 580 are at AP level
Physics 600, 630, and 650 are beyond AP level 44
number of countries
Theatre and Dance
All 300- and 400-level electives are appropriate for portfolio 103
preparation number of international students
THD510: Advanced Acting
THD539: August Wilson
THD565 (discontinued as of fall 2015)
THD900: Andover Dance Group Seminar
FINANCIAL AID
THD901: Advanced Practical Theatre Application
THD902: Advanced Studies in Dance Performance Percent of student body 48%
THD903: Advanced Studies in Technical Theatre Production
Total annual
THD910: Studio Production
financial assistance $20,917,450
THD920: Play Production Intensive
Class of 2017 Standardized Testing
ADVANCED PLACEMENT 2016
405 candidates sat for 808 examinations.
SAT SUMMARY (123 students)
The overall distribution of scores is:
Section Middle 50% Mean 5............ 55%
Evidence Based Reading & Writing 650–730 690 4............ 26%
Math 33–38 36 3............ 14%
Mathematics 660–760 710 2............... 5%
Reading 32–37 34 1............... 0%
Writing 32–36 34

SAT SUMMARY 2400 (137 students)

Critical Reading Math Writing
700-800 60% 61% 56% SAT SUBJECT TEST
600-690 27% 31% 30% Class of 2017
500-590 10% 7% 12%
400-490 3% 1% 2% Subject Mean Score No. of Tests

Mean 704 715 699 BY-E 702 20

BY-M 716 33
CH 694 101
ACT SUMMARY (298 students)
CL 735 4
Section Middle 50% Mean FL 750 1
FR 636 22
ELA 26–21 28.36
GM 640 4
English 29–35 30.87
IT 760 3
Math 28–34 30.36
JL 770 1
Reading 30–34 30.54 KL 800 1
Science 25–33 28.48 LR 689 64
STEM 27–33 29.58 LT 684 12 3
Writing 23–27 23.77 M1 647 20
Composite 28–33 30.15 M2 737 183
PH 693 60
SL 700 4
ACT SUMMARY (taken before October 2015; 23 students) SP 699 27
Section Middle 50% Mean UH 651 45
WH 700 4
English 23–34 29.7
Math 26–33 29.0
Reading 26–34 29.7
Science Reasoning 24–31 27.9
Composite 27–32 29.8

GRADE DISTRIBUTION RANGE CLASS OF 2017

July 2016

40.0%

35.0%
33.9%
30.0% 32.2%

25.0%

20.0%

15.0%
14.9% 13.8%
10.0%

5.0%
0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 3.1 % 0.7%
0.0%
2.0-2.4 2.5-2.9 3.0-3.4 3.5-3.9 4.0-4.4 4.5-4.9 5.0-5.4 5.5-5.9 6.0
Class of 2016 Matriculation Statistics
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY MAT COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY MAT of Phillips Academy students
over the past 3 years
Amherst College..................................................... 3 Royal Academy of Music...................................... 1
Barnard College..................................................... 4 Rutgers University-New Brunswick................... 2
Bates College......................................................... 4 Southern Methodist University............................ 1 30+ STUDENTS
Boston College...................................................... 10 St. Lawrence University........................................ 1 Boston College
Boston University................................................... 4 Stanford University............................................... 10 Harvard University
Bowdoin College.................................................... 2 Stonehill College.................................................... 1 University of Chicago
Brown University.................................................. 11 Swarthmore College.............................................. 4 University of Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr College................................................ 1 Syracuse University.............................................. 1 Yale University
Bucknell University................................................ 1 Texas Christian University.................................... 1
California Institute of Technology....................... 1 The University of Tampa....................................... 1
20–29 STUDENTS
Carleton College..................................................... 2 Trinity College......................................................... 2
Carnegie Mellon University.................................. 6 Tufts University....................................................... 6 Brown University
Case Western Reserve University...................... 3 Tulane University.................................................... 2 Columbia University
Centre College........................................................ 1 Union College......................................................... 1 Cornell University
Claremont McKenna College............................... 2 United States Coast Guard Academy................. 1 Georgetown University
Clark University...................................................... 1 United States Military Academy—Army........... 2 New York University
Colby College.......................................................... 3 United States Naval Academy............................. 1 Princeton University
Colgate University.................................................. 3 University of California, Berkeley........................ 2 Stanford University
College of the Holy Cross..................................... 2 University of California, Los Angeles.................. 1
College of William and Mary................................ 1 University of Chicago........................................... 15 10–19 STUDENTS
Columbia University............................................... 9 University of Denver.............................................. 1
Amherst College
Concordia University - Montreal......................... 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....... 1
Boston University
Connecticut College.............................................. 2 University of Maine............................................... 1
Bowdoin College
Cornell University................................................... 6 University of Massachusetts, Amherst.............. 5
Carnegie Mellon University
Dartmouth College................................................. 4 University of Miami................................................ 1
Claremont McKenna College
Duke University...................................................... 3 University of Michigan.......................................... 2
Colgate University
East Carolina University........................................ 1 University of Montana, Missoula........................ 1
Dartmouth College 4
Georgetown University......................................... 6 University of New Hampshire, Durham.............. 1
McGill University
Georgia Institute of Technology.......................... 1 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill........... 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gonzaga University................................................ 1 University of Notre Dame..................................... 1
Northwestern University
Harvard University................................................ 14 University of Oxford............................................... 1
Rice University
Harvey Mudd College............................................ 1 University of the Pacific........................................ 1
Tufts University
Indiana University at Bloomington...................... 1 University of Pennsylvania................................... 8
University of California, Berkeley
Johns Hopkins University..................................... 1 University of Richmond......................................... 3
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
King’s College London........................................... 1 University of Rochester........................................ 1
University of Michigan
Lake Forest College............................................... 2 University of Southern California........................ 2
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology............. 7 University of St. Andrews..................................... 1
University of Virginia
McGill University.................................................... 3 University of Toronto (undergraduate only)................ 1
Washington University, St. Louis
Middlebury College............................................... 1 University of Vermont............................................ 1
Wesleyan University
Mount Holyoke College......................................... 1 University of Virginia............................................. 7
Williams College
New York University............................................. 12 University of Washington..................................... 4
Northeastern University....................................... 2 University of York................................................... 1
Northwestern University...................................... 2 Wake Forest University......................................... 2 5–9 STUDENTS
Pomona College..................................................... 2 Washington College.............................................. 1 American University
Princeton University............................................. 12 Washington University, St. Louis......................... 3 Barnard College
Purdue University.................................................. 1 Wellesley College.................................................. 1 Bates College
Quinnipiac University............................................ 1 Wesleyan University.............................................. 5 College of William and Mary
Reed College........................................................... 1 Williams College.................................................... 5 Duke University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute........................ 1 Yale University........................................................ 7 Middlebury College
Rice University....................................................... 3 Swarthmore College
TOTAL 296
Rochester Institute of Technology...................... 1 Trinity College
Tulane University
Included are the 101 colleges where our graduates will enroll. The Class of 2016 applied to 264 colleges. Union College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Notre Dame
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2016 University of Southern California
Merit Semifinalists - 25 Achievement Semifinalists - 6 Wake Forest University